Day: July 14, 2007

Mt. Pulag is the second highest peak in the Philippines. It is home to 528 species of plants, and 33 species of animals including the endangered Philippine deer, giant bushy-tailed cloud rat and the long-aired fruit bat. It is revered as a mecca of nature lovers and mountain hikers. But now it is being denuded.…

NI GELACIO GUILLERMO Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 23, July 15-21, 2007 Titina, my Titina Buksan mo ang pamana Upang aming makita Ang tunay mong ganda Ay, lintek! Human Security Act pala! Tito-tita, my Titina Burat ni Bush ang pamana Fighting 69 sa pambobomba Ang bombero’t bomberita Kilig sa durian si Titina! Patigasin mga…

BY MARK ANGELES Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 23, July 15-21, 2007 This is a place for the lost. In this place there are only pictures of them as in a memorial for the dead. Though they are not dead. Only presumed. Since the last of them – eyes, arms, limb, hairstrand, even the…

NI NOEL SALES BARCELONA Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 23, July 15-23, 2007 Bayan, huwag matakot na lumaban Ngayong laya mo’y saklot ng halimaw. Ang nananahimik — Ngayon ay sisigaw: Sa kanyang nasa trono Ihampas ang sariling baston! Sa kanya ipalulon Ang sariling lason! Ang sariling uto s— Sa iyo ang hambalos! (Human Security…

Indigenous communities in Benguet have recently decided to reject the mining operations of Philex, which they say have displaced natives and destroyed the local environment in the last 50 years. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 23, July 15-21, 2007 ITOGON, Benguet – “Maymayat a sumardeng da laengen nga…

While affected indigenous peoples in Tuba and Itogon towns in Benguet have resolved to stop operations of Philex Mining Corporation, the local office of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) ordered another round of dialogues between them and the mining firm. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 23,…